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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 485 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If paternal uncles and paternal aunts coexist and differ in their line of kinship, some being related through both parents, some through the father, and some through the mother through the mother, the relative through the father shall not inherit from him. If the relative through both parents is absent, the relative through the father shall take his place. If the relative through the mother is one person, that person shall have one-sixth; if there is more than one, they shall have Law Index 1238 Home Page Jaafari Personal Status Law Law No. 124 of 2019 Promulgating the Jaafari Personal Status Law one-third, divided among them unequally, with the male receiving the share of two females. Whatever exceeds the one-sixth or one-third shall belong to the relative through both parents, whether one or more, divided among them with the male receiving the share of two females.
Arabic original
إذا اجتمع الأعمام والعمات وتفرقوا في جهة النسب بأن كان بعضهم للأبوين وبعضهم للأب وبعضهم للأم للأم لم يرثه المتقرب بالأب، ولو فقد المتقرب بالأبوين قام المتقرب بالأب مقامه، والمتقرب بالأم إن كان واحدا كان له السدس، وإن كان متعددا كان لهم الثلث يقسم بينهم بالتفاضل للذكر مثل حظ الأنثيين، وأما الزائد على السدس أو الثلث فيكون للمتقرب بالأبوين واحدا كان أو أكثر يقسم بينهم للذكر مثل حظ الأنثيين.

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